10 Video Games With Incredible Stories But Terrible Gameplay

Depending on who you ask, Deadly Premonition is either an amazing game or an absolute, fiery trainwreck. But consider this - what if it's both?

Released in 2010, this open world survival horror game channels the same manic, anything-goes energy of Twin Peaks, similarly following an FBI Agent as he investigates the murder of a young woman.

As a piece of pure storytelling, Deadly Premonition is wonderfully campy and bizarre: a willfully heightened slice of throw-everything-at-the-wall insanity packed with gut-bustingly funny dialogue.

It is, in all of its eccentricity, infinitely more memorable and entertaining than the generic narratives of a dozen considerably more polished AAA games.

But let's be clear - the gameplay surrounding the story makes for a miserable experience. Even if you can forgive the muddy graphics and terrible soundtrack, the tank-like controls are agonising, the combat sucks, and the open world design makes it a frequent slog.

Thankfully a large portion of the game's play-time is comprised of story-driven cutscenes, which are far and away the real reason to play Deadly Premonition.

If any video game can be compared to The Room in the so-bad-it's-good stakes, Deadly Premonition is it, even if the story is genuinely engaging and enjoyable in its own right.